Another «forest» in a criminal case has been Chuguyivske district court. This month, two local residents were convicted under Art. 260 of the Criminal Code (illegal felling of green space). But along with them convicted and another man — a former chief of the Criminal Investigation Department Chuguevsky police department who patronized illegal «forest» business — he was convicted under Art. 285 of the Criminal Code (abuse of power), and sentenced to serve the sentence in a penal colony. As told to the correspondent of RIA «VladNews» Senior Assistant Attorney Primorye Elena Telegina, the beginning of criminal acts group has its origins in the spring of 2011. That\’s when «a group of friends» was cut over the territory Chuguevsky district forestry KGKU «Seaside forest.» Cutting down valuable trees, forest «pirates» have caused damage to the state of 14 million rubles. Harvest timber helped them three drivers: two export timber trucks, a skid it with a tractor DT-75. However, as it was established during the investigation, helped to implement criminal forest operations then-head of the criminal investigation department (at the time the bodies of internal affairs was also called «police»). Already in the course of a criminal investigation, the head of ESD learned about the course of search operations and passed it to persons involved in the investigation. As a result, the activity «werewolf» was documented, he was arrested and dismissed from his post. Sentence was a real deprivation of liberty. Other participants of «forest» operation with the active repentance received suspended sentences.
Ivan the Terrible, RIA «VladNews»